As one of the few albums to ever get a perfect score in both The Source and XXL, you can bet tThe humanity continued on his third solo album, aptly titled The Diary. 1994s The Diary might best be known for the single 'I Seen A Man Die' (at least to this Cali boy), but the whole album is certainly worth a revisit, even if youre not from the 'H'. Stone cold classic from Scarface reissued.

In many cases the gangsta rapper or group has grown up in extreme poverty, so spinning tales of living like an invulnerable superhero and getting away with committing all type of dirt is a release of sorts.Ghetto Heisman also features Scarface, Ice Cube, and Mack 10, among others. The invincibility can be part of the appeal. He (or sometimes she) muscles out the competition, vanquishes their enemies, evades the police, and, if he (or she) is lucky, enjoys a little extracurricular companionship. For the most part, the вЂњgangstaвЂќ rapper spends an album musing upon drug dealing, stealing, fucking, and often killing with impunity. Prince Generally speaking, gangsta rap isnвЂ™t really into consequences.

You may make a fortune dealing drugs, but the cops will catch up with you eventually. Underpinning many of his songs was the notion of inevitable comeuppance. Ice-T was good at creating songs like this throughout his career. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands.Occasionally, a rapper tries to balance the good with the bad. Packaging All items are shipped brand-new and unopened in original packaging. The Diary is the third studio album by American rapper Scarface.The album was released on October 18, 1994, by Rap-A-Lot and Noo Trybe.This album is one of the few to receive a perfect rating from both The Source Magazine and XXL.The album debuted at 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA on December 5, 1994.Protection Each record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum anti-dust sleeve.

The rapper does his or her dirt, and keeps on moving, unfazed by it all.The Geto Boys were presumably the first gangsta rap group to wade into the uncharted waters of exploring the mental cost of the gangster lifestyle. Most of the time, the dirty deeds are framed as something done for both business and pleasure. Many of those same emcees that rap about drug dealing, stealing, fucking, and killing do so with a stoic nonchalance.

The group then reconfigured much of the Grip It! album, added a few new songs, and re-released Grip It! as the self-titled The Geto Boys album in 1990. They were then snatched up by Rick Rubin for Def American Records. They also became well-known for making music that gravitated towards the extreme.The group first established a name for themselves beyond their native Houston with Grip It! On That Other Level, their sophomore album вЂ” and first with Scarface вЂ” released by Rap-A-Lot Records in 1989. Scarface, and DJ Ready Red.

The South Park native articulated the physical and mental toil that living through illegal means has taken on his body and mind, perfectly conveying the extreme paranoia and even suicidal thoughts he experiences on a daily basis.Scarface took these two verses on вЂњMind Playing Tricks On MeвЂќ and built upon them to create his first solo album, Mr. Unlike Al PacinoвЂ™s Tony Montana in the film, вЂ™Face ends up killing all of his enemies and getting away clean.After the Def American Records fiasco, the Geto Boys then essentially invented the art of the introspective gangsta rap song during the summer of 1991 with вЂњMind Playing Tricks On Me.вЂќ The song is mostly remembered for Bushwick BillвЂ™s harrowing tales of violent, hallucinatory experiences on a Halloween night, but ScarfaceвЂ™s pair of verses hold the track together. The track featured вЂFace assuming the role of the notorious drug kingpin, dispensing violence in order to dominate his territory, before his enemies converge on his home, kill his girl, and attempt to kill him. The most notable is simply called вЂњScarfaceвЂќ and it reflects his and the groupвЂ™s obsession with the 1983 film of the same name.

Scarface has openly spoken about his bouts with severe depression, and detailed some of his reportedly multiple suicide attempts in his 2015 autobiography, Diary of a Madman. As rivals invade вЂ™FaceвЂ™s home, his female companion does not end up a hapless victim, but rather joins him in killing his adversaries and helping him escape into the night.The pulsing вЂњBorn KillerвЂќ initially resembles another perspective of an unstoppable killer, with вЂFace spitting rhymes at 90 mph over a beat propelled by a sample of the Nite-LitersвЂ™ вЂњBuck and the PreacherвЂќ and The CommodoresвЂ™ вЂњAssembly Line.вЂќ But things veer into even darker terrain by the second verse, as вЂ™Face describes his unravelling mind state, вЂњThatвЂ™s right, you guessed it / IвЂ™m legally insane, marked manic depressive / IвЂ™m taking all types of medication / To keep me out the mood of premeditating / Yo, the longer IвЂ™m alone, itвЂ™s worse / IвЂ™m having thoughts of killing me, but IвЂ™m killing you first.вЂќLikely part of the reason Scarface rapped so eloquently about the psychological toll of depression and was able to paint such vivid images of dealing with suicidal thoughts is because it was something he is intimately familiar with. Scarface is Back begins with invincibility, as the title track serves as a sequel/remake of вЂњScarface.вЂќ The song starts off following the story of the original track shot for shot, but ends, perhaps surprisingly, on what might be considered a вЂњfemale empowermentвЂќ note. The subject matter vacillates from tales of invincibility and domination to feverish stories of his own psyche tearing itself apart to somber tales of loss and regret.Mr.

вЂњGood Girl Gone BadвЂќ is an oddly poignant tale detailing a drug deal gone wrong, ending in bloody revenge, but also with вЂ™Face adopting the son of the man heвЂ™s killed. Roland Smith, Jr., and someone named Sam (no last name or alias provided).As the album winds down, it takes a melancholy note. The latter track is one of the albumвЂ™s best, assisted by a sinister bassline (sampled from Southside MovementвЂ™s вЂњIвЂ™ve Been Watching YouвЂќ) and the subtle wail of sirens.Rap-A-Lot Records was never good at providing detailed production credits during their early days, as the producers for the album are listed en masse instead of by individual song, the producers for the album are listed as Scarface himself, Rap-A-Lot Records owner James Smith (aka LilвЂ™ J), Crazy C. Songs like вЂњMurder By Reason of Insanity,вЂќ вЂњYour Ass Got Took,вЂќ and вЂњP D Roll вЂ™EmвЂќ feel like frenetic episodes. Scarface is Back continues, it fluctuates between mania and depression. Meanwhile, he is continually haunted by visions of people that he has killed and the pain he has left in his wake: вЂњLeft his family heartbroken / Flashbacks of him laying there bleeding with his eyes open / I canвЂ™t put the shit behind me / I'm know I'm here somewhere, but I canвЂ™t find me.вЂќ He further reiterates the bleakness that his life has become, adding, вЂњThe world's looking dark for instance / Maybe cause I'm looking from a distance / But then again I wear a blindfold / Staring at the motherfucking world with my eyes closed / To myself I'm a stranger / Walking in the footsteps of danger.вЂќAs Mr.

Scarface is Back marked the beginning of a very illustrious solo career for Scarface. Since he expresses such indifference to the value of his own life across his songs, reacting to his own fatal end with little more than a metaphorical shrug feels very true to the characters that he has created throughout the album.Mr. Scarface is Back ends with вЂњIвЂ™m Dead.вЂќ The subject matter is self-explanatory, as вЂ™Face raps about discovering that he has suffered a violent death without even realizing whatвЂ™s happened at first. Over a beat that samples Marvin GayeвЂ™s вЂњInner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler),вЂќ вЂ™Face solemnly reflects on the lives of innocents that get destroyed by drugs and street violence.ItвЂ™s fitting that Mr.

Scarface is Back may be a violent album, but itвЂ™s not fueled by violence for its own sake. In 2015, he dropped Deeply Rooted, a comeback album that was among the best released that year and demonstrated that his signature lyrical depth is still fully and thrillingly intact.Mr. He continued his on again, off again relationship with Rap-A-Lot Records, before finally leaving the label for good around 2009/2010. вЂ™Face became a well-respected elder statesman of the gangsta and Southern rap game. He occasionally recorded albums as a member of the Geto Boys, though the groupвЂ™s line-up continued to shift.In the late вЂ™90s, Russell Simmons recruited him to head Def Jam South, where вЂFace was instrumental in launching the careers of Ludacris and his Disturbing the Peace crew. With these albums, he continued to delve into the depths of his own psyche, even as he toned down the violent rhetoric that was once intrinsic to his music.

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